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Conference Paper: Oral health-related knowledge among parents of children with special needs
Title | Oral health-related knowledge among parents of children with special needs |
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Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | International Association for Dental Research. The Abstracts' web site is located at http://www.iadr.org/ |
Citation | The 97th General Session of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) held with the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) & the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 19-22 June 2019. In Journal of Dental Research, 2019, v. 98 n. Spec Iss A, Abstract ID 0926 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objectives: To investigate the oral health-related knowledge (OHRK) among parents who had children with special needs.
Methods: Parents whose children were studying at the Special Child Care Centers in Hong Kong were invited to participate in this cross-sectional study. Questionnaires regarding parents’ social economic status, oral health-related knowledge (OHRK) and their access to obtain relevant information were administrated to 331 participants. The OHRK score ranged from 0 to 12. A higher OHRK score indicated parents had a better understanding of the etiology as well as the prevention strategies for dental caries and periodontal disease. Two sample t tests and ANOVA were used to compare the OHRK scores among parents with different demographic background.
Results: Only 16.0% parents had ever attended a professional oral health lecture. The top three approaches for parents to obtain oral health- related information were i) personal experience (59.5%), dental consultation (48.0%), and digital media (43.2%). Less than 40% parents could list three risk factors for dental caries, while 38.1 % parents did not know any of the factors which could lead to periodontal diseases. Nearly 20 % parents thought less sugar intake and use of fluoridated toothpaste could prevent periodontal diseases. Thirty-one (9.4%) parents reported that they had no access to oral health-related information, and those parents had significantly lower OHRK scores than other parents (p=0.018). Besides, parents whose monthly income was lower than HKD 20,000 showed lower OHRK scores than parents with higher income (p=0.029).
Conclusions: Oral health education should be provided to parents of special-needs children, especially for parents who lack of access to oral health-related information or have lower social economic status. |
Description | Poster Session: Caregivers, ECC, Literacy & Behaviors, Policy and Programs - no. 0926 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276345 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhou, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, HM | - |
dc.contributor.author | McGrath, CPJ | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-10T03:01:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-10T03:01:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 97th General Session of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) held with the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) & the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 19-22 June 2019. In Journal of Dental Research, 2019, v. 98 n. Spec Iss A, Abstract ID 0926 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276345 | - |
dc.description | Poster Session: Caregivers, ECC, Literacy & Behaviors, Policy and Programs - no. 0926 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To investigate the oral health-related knowledge (OHRK) among parents who had children with special needs. Methods: Parents whose children were studying at the Special Child Care Centers in Hong Kong were invited to participate in this cross-sectional study. Questionnaires regarding parents’ social economic status, oral health-related knowledge (OHRK) and their access to obtain relevant information were administrated to 331 participants. The OHRK score ranged from 0 to 12. A higher OHRK score indicated parents had a better understanding of the etiology as well as the prevention strategies for dental caries and periodontal disease. Two sample t tests and ANOVA were used to compare the OHRK scores among parents with different demographic background. Results: Only 16.0% parents had ever attended a professional oral health lecture. The top three approaches for parents to obtain oral health- related information were i) personal experience (59.5%), dental consultation (48.0%), and digital media (43.2%). Less than 40% parents could list three risk factors for dental caries, while 38.1 % parents did not know any of the factors which could lead to periodontal diseases. Nearly 20 % parents thought less sugar intake and use of fluoridated toothpaste could prevent periodontal diseases. Thirty-one (9.4%) parents reported that they had no access to oral health-related information, and those parents had significantly lower OHRK scores than other parents (p=0.018). Besides, parents whose monthly income was lower than HKD 20,000 showed lower OHRK scores than parents with higher income (p=0.029). Conclusions: Oral health education should be provided to parents of special-needs children, especially for parents who lack of access to oral health-related information or have lower social economic status. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | International Association for Dental Research. The Abstracts' web site is located at http://www.iadr.org/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | IADR/AADR/CADR 2019 General Session & Exhibition | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Dental Research (Spec Issue) | - |
dc.title | Oral health-related knowledge among parents of children with special needs | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, HM: wonghmg@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | McGrath, CPJ: mcgrathc@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, HM=rp00042 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | McGrath, CPJ=rp00037 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 302486 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 98 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | Spec Iss A | - |
dc.identifier.spage | Abstract ID 0926 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | Abstract ID 0926 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |